Quote: H doesn't know - I hardly tell him anything about my life. I walked home near to tears and wished I had just stayed indoors all day.
Any thoughts about what I can do?
Why not - very calmly, matter of factly, maybe in an email - share this with H? Not in a needy way, but in a "hmmm, I have a problem here that I'm not sure how to deal with, how would you handle this H?".
That way you accomplish two goals - - you give H a problem to think on (and a solution to come up with). Guys like that - just don't shoot down his suggestions (no matter how dumb!). - it also forces H to think about what his absence does to you and DD4